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PALM 7 Will Feature Speakers from All Top 10 Business Schools of the World

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Madinah (January 28, 2015) – Madinah Institute for Leadership and Entrepreneurship (MILE) is pleased to announce that they are engaging the speakers from all top 10 business schools in the world, according to latest Financial Times Rankings, in their upcoming flagship event, “Program for Advanced Leadership and Management (PALM)” going to be held from 17th April, 2015 to 30th April, 2015.

Financial Times alongside The Economist are the most renowned MBA rankings which includes business schools from across the globe. The Financial Times considers many factors while ranking a business school. These factors range from pre and post MBA salaries to alumni and network activities, career changes and overall evaluation of the MBA programs offered by schools under consideration. All these factors combine to make Financial Times MBA ranking as one of the most prestigious and trustworthy rankings in the world.

Two speakers from Cranfield School of Management (No. 1 and 2 globally for Organizational Behavior and Economics respectively) will be part of PALM 7 faculty. The event will also feature Dr. Michael J. Ho from Darden Business School which proudly stands at no. 1 in the ranking for General Management. Similarly Dr. Felix Oberholzer of Harvard Business School which is 2nd in the list for Corporate Strategy and General Management shall be delivering a lecture on Strategy Formulation and Implementation on the first day of the program.

PALM 7 will also have faculty members from INSEAD (4th in the FT rankings for International Business, 6th for Entrepreneurship and 8th for Organizational Behaviors); Rotman Business School (9th for Finance) and IMD which is 4th for General Management. This is a great achievement and proud moment for an organization as young as MILE. It is also the testimony to MILE’s commitment and dedication towards supporting quality Executive Education and Leadership Development in the Middle East.

About PALM:

Program for Advanced Leadership and Management (PALM) is a world class leadership program organized by MILE once or twice a year. PALM focuses on providing senior business leaders and managers with global best practices to help them further their leadership skills and identify latest trends in the business world. The program participants also get a chance to interact directly with top notch consultants from global consulting firms, professors from top business schools as well as authors of bestselling books to develop both personally and professionally.

About MILE:

Madinah Institute for Leadership and Entrepreneurship is the leading executive education institute in the Muslim World. It is a collaborative initiative that seeks support and collaboration from other educational institutes, professional groups, companies and research and consulting organizations to build entrepreneurial and leadership excellence in Arab and Muslim world.